2021 Agenda - Thursday, October 28

1:00 – 1:30 | Welcome

  

Benjamin C. Ayers
Dean & Earl Davis Chair in Taxation, University of Georgia Terry College of Business 



Jeff Bieganek
Executive Director, MBA Roundtable

Santanu Chatterjee
Josiah Meigs Professor, Department of Economics, Associate Dean for Diversity, International and Master's Programs, University of Georgia Terry College of Business
 

Michael Koenig
Board Chair, MBA Roundtable
Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Executive Education, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University

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1:30 – 2:30 | Networking Table Topics

  

Join a table to discuss a topic of interest.  Choose your table topic and enter the conference hall and click on the table to join.  
 

Table #	Table Topic	Name	Title
1 & 2	Managing 'hot moments' in classrooms	Dan Turner	Associate Dean, University of Washington
3 & 4	Best practices for managing assurance of learning	Rodney Alsup	Founder, MBA News Digest
5 & 6	Differentiating in a world of competitive online programs	Jodi Detjen	MBA Program Director, Assoc Prof of Practice, Suffolk University
7 & 8	What is the future of hybrid classes (combination in-person & remote)?  Should we continue or move away from them as much as possible?	Brian Gunia	Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Johns Hopkins
9 & 10	Barriers to real-world capstone project access	Jan Natividad	Product Marketing  Manager, Riipen
11 & 12	Managing through change	Stephen Taylor	Research Director, BusinessCAS
13 & 14	Using assessments in GME curriculum	MT Taglang	Associate Director of Business School Relations, ETS

   

2:45 – 4:00 | Panel Session​

The “New” New World of Work – What do employers need from graduate management education now to prepare students for the new reality of work

  

Moderator: Patrick J. Waite
Vice President Audit Services/CAE, Cox Enterprises, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Management, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia


Tonika Coaxum
Global Logistics Program Director, Google




Sergio Correa
Director, Clean Products Supply and Trading, Delta Air Lines, Inc.




Amy Guyotte
Marketing Director, IBM


Sasha Mukerjee
VP of Operations and Worldwide Head of JV Operations and Analytics, Global Payments

 

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4:00 – 5:00 | Discussion Breakouts

Weaving student well being into your GME program curriculum

  

Moderator: Donna Smith
Graduate Program Director, MBA Programs, Professor, Retail Management, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University


Building faculty and staff awareness, skills and culture to create and develop an inclusive GME curriculum

  


Moderator: Marcus M. Stewart
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Management, Bentley University



Using your school's curricular strength to innovate and address todays challenges while differentiating your programs from the competition

  

Moderator: Sandy Bennett
Assistant Vice Provost, Professional Education, Baylor University



Moderator: Mary Reinhardt
Director, Online MBA, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University

 

5:15 – 5:45 | Terry College of Business Presentation

The Georgia MBA: Changing Lives, Changing Business

  

Santanu Chatterjee
Josiah Meigs Professor, Department of Economics, Associate Dean for Diversity, International and Master's Programs, University of Georgia Terry College of Business
 

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5:45 – 6:00 | MBA Roundtable Innovator Awards Announcement

  

Michael Koenig​
Chair, MBA Roundtable
Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Executive Education, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University


Stephen Taylor
Research Director, BusinessCAS